Search results for "African religion" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the year, an unusual occurrence on the African continent. ... the Greeks, who sought the riches of the African continent by forming a relationship ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 14:19, 7 February 2024
- (genus Elephas), whereas the modern African elephants (genus Loxodon ... structure was probably the same as that of African and Asian elephants, with ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- beliefs, that over time became a unique religion in its own right. Properly ... popular among the descendants of West African slaves. In the early eighteenth ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 03:21, 23 December 2022
- he gained a master’s degree in Indian religion and philosophy from Banares ... he obtained a job building the boat named African Queen for the famous movie ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- used by followers of the Zoroastrian religion in their rituals surrounding ... At one time, the most widely practiced religion in the world, Zoroastrianism ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- The Oyo Empire was a large West African empire founded in approximately ... wealth gained from trade with both its African neighbors as well as European ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... Modern African American literary criticism has turned the trickster ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- political structures, family life, and religion. His emphasis has been on ... economy. In 1960, he wrote his famous The Religion of Java, and throughout ...9 KB (1,225 words) - 22:06, 7 January 2024
- around a shared ethnic background, religion, occupation, geographical ... of the Tang Dynasty in China and among African-Americans during the post ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 06:44, 15 April 2024
- of the West Area Computers, the first African-American woman to supervise ... history Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped ...15 KB (2,076 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union from ... election, Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) took ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 07:40, 27 February 2023
- and a half. It represents a pre-colonial African polity that flourished before ... === Religion === The religion of the Mutapa kingdom revolved around ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 23:43, 21 October 2023
- Sub-Saharan Africa is the term used to describe the area of the African ... central to the political economy of many African countries and the region ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 21:07, 26 February 2023
- * Archibald, Chestina Mitchell. Say Amen: The African-American Family ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 109307843 ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- as an Asian person marrying a person of African descent). Views towards ... group. Whether that group is defined by religion, race, or other difference ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- Madam C. J. Walker (December 23, 1867 - May 25, 1919), was an African ... She was instrumental as a role model for African-Americans, especially women ...18 KB (2,870 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806) was a free African American mathematician, ... West Africa, and Mary Banneky, of English-African descent. Mary was the second ...14 KB (2,221 words) - 09:16, 27 September 2023
- on Schism and Continuity in an African Society: A Study of Ndembu ... R. Kenan Professor of Anthropology and Religion. He also became a member ...16 KB (2,369 words) - 20:08, 3 May 2023
- many of the practices of Egyptian religion and language. Budge's ... today for his works on Egyptian religion and his hieroglyphic primers ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- tenth century. The kingdom adopted the religion of Christianity in the fourth ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
